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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lev•ee1 /ˈlɛvi/USA pronunciation n. [countable]pl. -ees. - Civil Engineeringa mound, bank, or other raised area designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- Geologya landing place for ships.
See -lev-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lev•ee1 (lev′ē),USA pronunciation n., v., lev•eed, lev•ee•ing. n. - Civil Engineeringan embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- GeologySee natural levee.
- Agricultureone of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
- World History[Hist.]a landing place for ships;
quay.
v.t. - Civil Engineeringto furnish with a levee:to levee a treacherous stream.
- Medieval Latin levāta embankment, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of Latin levāre to raise, origin, originally lighten, akin to levis light, not heavy
- French levée
- 1710–20, American.
- World History(in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
- World Historya reception, usually in someone's honor:a presidential levee at the White House.
- World History[Hist.]a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.
- Latin levāre to raise; see levee1
- French levé, variant spelling, spelled of lever rising (noun, nominal use of infinitive)
- 1665–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: levee /ˈlɛvɪ/ n US - an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding
- an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated
- a landing place on a river; quay
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Medieval Latin levāta, from Latin levāre to raise levee /ˈlɛvɪ; ˈlɛveɪ/ n - a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed
- (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, variant of lever a rising, from Latin levāre to raise |